Agriculture

USDA Rebuffs Texas Fly Trap Amid Screwworm Threat: A Costly Reluctance to Protect America’s Cattle Industry

By National Security Desk | October 15, 2025

As the New World Screwworm edges closer to the U.S. border, the USDA dismisses Texas’s synthetic fly bait proposal, risking the nation’s cattle security and raising questions about bureaucratic inertia.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has sounded an alarm that should concern every American who values national sovereignty and economic security. With the parasitic New World Screwworm inching less than 100 miles from our southern border, threatening to devastate Texas’ $15 billion cattle industry, the question looms: Why is Washington dragging its feet on a potentially game-changing solution? Commissioner Miller champions a synthetic fly bait, TDA Swormlure, developed by his Biosecurity team. This attractant could, in his estimation, wipe out screwworm infestations in Mexico within 90 days—securing America's livestock from this destructive pest. Yet, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

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